• He initially came to Utah in 1856, and was an out-and-back teamster in 1864.

William B. Preston Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 32
• Out-and-Back Teamster

Canute Peterson Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 24

Sources

• 1900 United States Federal Census.
• "A Veteran Honored," 19 August 1911, p. 1.
• Ballard, Henry (1832-1908), Private journal of Henry Ballard, 1852-1904, 48.
• "Captain William B. Preston, memorandum book, 1864," Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains' accounts 1862-1868.
• Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941
• Henry Ballard, Private journal of Henry Ballard, 1852-1904, 49-60.
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 20 September 1856, 4.
• Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.